NUMBER OF INTERNAL TOURISTS GROWS BY 14% IN ARMENIA IN 2006 ON PREVIOUS YEAR
Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, 307,973 internal tourists
(Armenian residents) stayed at collective and individual tourist
lodgings in Armenia, which is by 14% more than in 2005. According
to the RA National Statistical Service, rest and recreation was
the purpose of 43.9% of internal tourists (135,246 in 2006 against
116,373 in 2005), treatment – for 10.7% (33,106 in 2006 against 28,097
in 2005), while 26.5% of internal tourists were on a business trip
(81,566 in 2006 against 72,804 in 2005).